''Phrynium'' is a plant genus native to
China,
India
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,
Southeast Asia
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,
New Guinea
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and
Melanesia
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. It was described as a genus in 1797.
[Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, ''Phrynium''](_blank)
/ref>Willdenow, Carl Ludwig von. 1797. Species Plantarum. Editio quarta 1: 1, 17. ''Phrynium''
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Species
The ''Kew World Checklist'' includes:
References
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''Phrynium'' Botanical illustrations
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Zingiberales genera